Under currents / Nora Roberts.
Within the walls of a tasteful, perfectly kept house in North Carolina's Blue Ridge Mountains, young Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. Strangers -- and even Zane's own aunt across the lake -- see his parents as a successful surgeon and his stylish wife, making appearances at their children's ballet recitals and baseball games. Zane and his sister know the truth: There is something terribly wrong. As his father's violent, controlling rages -- and his mother's complicity -- become more and more oppressive, Zane counts the years, months, days until he can escape. He looks out for little Britt, warning her: Be smart. Be careful. In fear for his very life, he plays along with the insidious lie that everything is fine, while scribbling his real thoughts in a secret journal he must carefully hide away. When one brutal, shattering night finally reveals cracks in the facade, Zane begins to understand that some people are willing to face the truth, even when it hurts. As he grows into manhood and builds a new kind of family, he will find that while the darkness of his past may always shadow him, it will also show him what is necessary for good to triumph -- and give him strength to draw on when he once again must stand up and defend himself and the ones he loves...
Record details
- ISBN: 9781432864699
- ISBN: 1432864696
- Physical Description: 671 pages (large print) ; 23 cm
- Publisher: [Waterville, Maine] : Thorndike Press, [2019]
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Subject: | Family violence > Fiction. Adult child abuse victims > Fiction. |
Genre: | Large print books. Romance fiction. Thrillers (Fiction) |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Lebanon-Laclede County Library | LgP F Roberts (Text) | 3803657873 | OR Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | LP F ROBERTS (Text) | 2004336552 | Large Print | Available | - |
Little Dixie - Main Library - Moberly | LP F ROBERTS (Text) | 200435481+ | Large Print | Checked out | 04/06/2024 |
Livingston County Library - Main Library | LP ROBERTS (Text) | 2601878738 | Adult Large Print | Available | - |
Marion County Library | LP F ROB (Text) | PPL71202 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Marshall Public Library | LP ROM ROB (Text) | 33391000308830 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Neosho Newton - Neosho | ROBERTS, NORA (Text) | 34162002013322 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
North Kansas City Public Library | LP FICTION ROBERTS 2019 (Text) | 0001002223020 | Large Print | Available | - |
Polk County Library-Fair Play | LP ROB (Text) | 34531000304262 | Large Print | Available | - |
Riverside Regional-Main | LP F ROB (Text) | 30000005259233 | Large Print Fiction | Available | - |
Summary
Under Currents
A #1 New York Times Bestselling AuthorWithin the walls of a tasteful, tidy house in North Carolina, Zane Bigelow feels like a prisoner of war. People view his parents as a successful surgeon and a stylish wife, but Zane and his sister, Britt, know that something is terribly wrong. As his father's violent rages -- and his mother's complicity -- become more oppressive, Zane yearns to escape. When the cracks in the façade finally shatter, Zane realizes that some people will face painful truths. As he matures and builds a new kind of family, Zane recognizes that while the darkness of his past shadows him, it also shows him how good can triumph -- and provides him with the strength to defend himself and his loved ones.